There is a great deal of controversy and debate on land acquisition and transactions concerning the economic development of India, particularly the rural parts of the country. This book explicates, from a sociological perspective, the effect of increasing land transactions on so…
This interdisciplinary dynamic study re-conceptualizes the "Indian Village" by explaining the emerging social trends and patterns of social stratification of contemporary rural India
"[The book] investigates and presents a holistic view of today's rural India by analysing different social aspects such as caste, migration, mobility, education and inequalities. It further studies the village social structure comprising peasants, artisans, weavers and the middl…
Contributed papers presented at Dalits in Neoliberal India (Conference), held at Oxford, England from September 1-2, 2010.
This text looks at Indian middle-class lifestyles after liberalization through a number of ethnographic case studies, ranging from Delhi upper middle class elites to Tamilnadu's emerging industrial middle classes.
Hailed as the beneficiary, driving force and result of globalisation, India's middle-class is puzzling in its diversity, as a multitude of traditions, social formations and political constellations manifest contribute to this project. This book looks at Indian middle-class lifes…
This text looks at Indian middle-class lifestyles after liberalization through a number of ethnographic case studies, ranging from Delhi upper middle class elites to Tamilnadu's emerging industrial middle classes.
"This book studies caste and community dynamics in India and offers a critical view of social mobility from below. Building on the theories of the eminent sociologist M N Srinivas, the essays in this volume reformulate the debate on caste as they document the changing inter-cast…
